19961031040499I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T337G · Westfield, MA · October 31, 1996

Date
October 31, 1996 · 13:15 local
Place
Westfield, MA
Airport
Barnes Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N87C
Reported as
Cessna T337G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,700 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Mr. Fisher stated; he was looking for traffic and got distracted which he forgot to put the landing gear down and landed on the underside of the fuselage. He did not hear the gear warning horn. Gear warning horn was determined to be inoperative. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. FISHER STATED; HE WAS LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC AND GOT DISTRACTED WHICH HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LANDED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN. GEAR WARNING HORN WAS DETERMINED TO BE INOPERATIVE. INCIDENT CLOSED.